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Shucks, I don't get to break the news on anything anymore...
Premiere Pro 4.2 does in fact add AVC-I and offers some additional fixes too. Should be out soon.
Regards,
Dennis
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With all due respect, I appreciate the open line of communication from Dennis. If Adobe said nothing at all, we'd complain even more. To gripe that a certain date was not met on a major program update shows a bit of a lack of understanding on what goes into a complex program. It's nearly impossible to provide a future date for software releases, because a truckload of small things pop up all the time especially during compatibility testing. Would we rather that Adobe programmers just gloss over these things just to hit a date? No way, I'd rather have it right instead of fast. I develop software for a living, and we consistently provide unrealistic dates just to satisfy the expectations of the VPs that are hollering to have a date. It's just the nature of the process, good software takes time. Hang in there, it'll come, and FWIW, the end of the month isn't actually here yet. 
We have a saying in the industry: "Programs written fast, cheap and good. Pick two."
-PD
4.0.1 update was promised late october '08 (remember it was missing missing OMF, FCP xml import, AAF - things that were already in the help manual and were listed as new features before CS4 came out) then finally came November 20th. Two months after the software release.
The AE 4.0.2 update was late because of Red issues.
Your right, I forgot they made 4.1 update by the last day of the month. Remember when we were checking every day and (was it you?) someone found the update on the server a couple days earlier.
However the number of views on this thread means that there are people checking almost daily for the update or any clues about what it contains. I agree I'd rather have software working even if it is late and I REALLY LIKE THAT WE ACTUALLY ADOBE RESPONSES ON THE FORUM. I really like this and don't give
Just imagine if you told a paying client that you have a project done 'by the end of the month' then didn't produce it because there were problems on your end. Aren't we paying clients to Adobe? It's not like we won't find out about the upgrade. Every forum and post website prints the press release when the Adobe updates come in.
Sorry for being/sounding negative but this stuff gives me update-blue-balls. Sad thing is 90% of the people looking forward to the update don't care about FCP export or intra-avc support. Were more curious about bug fixes, yet we come by the thousands wondering when the update will hit.
Sorry to give the one Adobe employee with the cajones to post here a hard time. Your presence is really appreciated.
Aren't we paying clients to Adobe?
Not really Josh, we are paid clients to Adobe. Updates are free. They don't have to push out updates at all. They can simply wait for the next upgrade if they wanted to. I'm not saying that's realistic or a good business model, I'm just clarifying that Adobe isn't under a date contract with any of us for an update; they don't owe us anything. Years ago, fixes by software companies were only released in paid upgrades. I may be stoonahd, but I see a good amount of proactivity here. Besides, there's a very good reason if we're still waiting for the coveted update: It isn't ready!
I'm not trying to nitpick or start an argument, I'm really not, but if someone were to draw a conclusion from your posts, they have to surmise that the Premiere/AE team are a bunch of smoke-blowers who can't deliver anything, EVER, and they're just scamming all of us poor defenseless schmucks. Somehow, I don't believe that you think that! 
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